The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HIV Testing Utilization Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China: Cross-sectional Online Survey.

Ke Chun Zhang Yuan Fang He Cao Hongbiao Chen Tian Hu Ya Qi Chen Xiaofeng Zhou Johnson Zixin Wang

Published in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2022)

HIV testing utilization among Chinese MSM declined after the COVID-19 outbreak and did not increase after the pandemic was under initial control. Removing structural barriers to accessing HIV testing caused by COVID-19, modifying perceptions related to HIV testing, and making use of HIV self-testing (HIVST) might be useful strategies to improve HIV testing among MSM during the pandemic.

Keyphrases

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